How it Works

Bookkeeping Academy Memberships

The Bookkeeping Academy is a Career Support service designed to give businesses confidence that their bookkeeping assistant has the skills to perform the tasks that they should be able to perform for their charge out rate.

If a bookkeeper has high level management reporting and forecasting they would have very good skills using Microsoft Excel, if a bookkeeper claims to have excellent credit management skills then we assess their performance against benchmarks for that type of role.

Our mission statement is to help junior level bookkeepers get access to tools, resources and experiences working with senior bookkeepers and BAS agents on the important, time consuming and customer service focused skills and procedures.

Member Benefits:

Bookkeeping Training Courses

Many Bookkeeping Assistants end up in an accounting role as part of their office administration duties without formal training. Formal vocational training can be achieved with Industry Endorsed and Employer Recognised Courses in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks. These training courses provide students with a wide range of knowledge and scenarios that they become more confident to deal with.

To join as a Bookkeeping Assistant member you must have completed a training course and have a Certificate of Completion or higher.

Bookkeeper Tuition and Guidance

The Certified Bookkeeping Assistant receives tuition and guidance about the common, elementary tasks which need to be performed well in every bookkeeping practice and for every company, including:

• Understanding bookkeeping terms
• Tricky transaction coding, journals and adjustments which relate to partial or non-registered transactions
• How to navigate Australia’s leading accounting programs (MYOB AccountRight, Xero and Quickbooks Online QBO) to perform these steps:
  • Navigating to the chart of accounts (or accounts list)
  • Navigating to the General Ledger
  • Navigating to the Sales and Purchases areas
  • Sales and purchase payments and receipts
• Information about business structures
• GST registration requirements and payroll
• PAYGI and IAS
• Fuel tax credits
• Business taxation payment and lodgement dates for the year
• More detailed description of tax codes
• Tricky transaction coding, journals and adjustments which relate to partial or non-registered transactions
• When to use Sales and Purchases vs Banking and Journal entries

Bookkeeper Database Membership

Our national database of bookkeepers is for members who are available for work or to take on bookkeeping clients. Their details are promoted online to potential clients or employers in the members local area.

As a Certified Bookkeeping Assistant you’ll have the opportunity to explore induction and internship opportunities and be connected with established bookkeeping businesses and BAS agents who need a new bookkeeper.

Membership Certificate

As a Certified Bookkeeping Assistant you are issued with a membership certificate and can use our logo to verify your skills and demonstrate your commitment to professional bookkeeping standards and customer service.

Members credentials are verified so employers can have confidence and trust in choose them for their confidential bookkeeping work.

Bookkeeping Tutor

The Bookkeeping Tutor program provides Certified Bookkeepers with opportunities to help other students who want to learn how to perform bookkeeping tasks using MYOB, Xero and QuickBooks Online.

Bookkeeping Tutor membership provides training and digital marketing exposure to get discovered online.